Cannon County lime crusher, locally owned and operated, crushes agricultural limestone which is necessary on most soils in the county for the development of sound systems of conservation farming. Located ten miles northeast of Woodbury.

Farm owner

Tucker, Sam

Contextual note

One in a series of photographs of agricultural activities in Cannon County, TN that were taken by W.L. Clement, District Conservationist for the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, and his assistants between the mid-1940s and mid-1970s.

Collection Name

Photographs of W.L. Clement, U.S. Soil Conservation Service

ID Number

T-544-3

Subject-LCSH

Limestone; Crushed stone industry

Subject-TGM

Photographic prints;

Geographic Location

Cannon County (Tenn.)

Community Name

Woodbury;

Soil Conservation District or Watershed

TN-SCD-19; Stones River

Type

Image

Format

jpeg

Genre

Photograph

Extent

Approx. 4.5" x 4"

Source file

T5443_148f_limecrush

Copyright status

Publication of the United States government. Not copyrighted

Conditions for use

May be freely reproduced. Please credit the original photograph to: United States Soil Conservation Service. Credit the source of the digital item to: Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University.

Digital Publisher

Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University